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CATEGORY RULES
Films must be submitted on DVD (please test before sending) or as an online screener and be available for screening as a digital file. Please note: we do NOT screen films on Blu-Ray, HD-CAM, or DCP. If you are unable or unwilling to provide us your film as a digital file, DO NOT SUBMIT. Again, we WILL NOT screen films on DCP at the festival.

Films must have been completed no earlier than April 1, 2014. Films must be available for screening during the Austin Film Festival, October 29-November 5, 2015.

Narrative and Documentary films with U.S. distribution (obtained prior to being selected for AFF screening) or films produced, financed or initiated by a major film studio are ineligible for competition. Films that have screened on US network or cable television prior to the festival dates are also ineligible for competition.

Austin Film Festival reserves the right to switch the entry category to fit programming needs and interests and films WILL NOT BE penalized for the original submission selection.

-- You MUST include your physical address either in your WAB entry or in your cover letter. Please do not submit a film without giving us your address, which we need for our records.

Additional Narrative Student Short Film Entry Requirements:

Films must be short narratives, 40 minutes or shorter.

Films must be Austin Premieres). We highly prefer the short be at least a Texas Premiere.

Open only to students (must include proof of enrollment from accredited university or college), and film must have been completed while the filmmaker was a student. Note: filmmaker could have since graduated.